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<strong>Australian</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>New</strong> Zeal<strong>and</strong> <strong>Cinema</strong>
8 'Real humanity is not easy to look at':
Adapting Patrick White's The Eye of the Storm
carly millar
14 Homecoming <strong>and</strong> Dislocation:
An Interview with Fred Schepisi anthony carew
18 Shaggy Dog Stories <strong>and</strong> Red Dirt
Resilience: Red Dog myke bartlett
24 A Sleep Like Death: Julia Leigh's
Sleeping Beauty sarinah masukor
30 The Melancholy Wild: The Hunter's
L<strong>and</strong>scape of Loss rjurik davidson
34 Hard-boiled Highway: Swerve dave hoskin
38 A Remote Possibility? The Uncomfortable
Realities of Toomelah jacinda woodhead
41 Big Things, Small Packages:
MIFF Shorts 2011 carly millar
<strong>Focus</strong> on Asia <strong>and</strong> the Middle East
44 The Chinese A-list: The 14th Shanghai
International Film Festival cheung ki-fung
50 Miscarriage of Justice: A Separation
<strong>and</strong> Good Bye Andrew macrae
54 The Terror of Uninterrupted Silence:
Sulanga Enu Pinisa (Forsaken L<strong>and</strong>) boris trbic
Documentary
58 Murder by Association: Horror <strong>and</strong> Hope in
A Common Purpose Jill pope
64 Document: Recent <strong>Australian</strong> Documentary
Rollerboy fiona trigg
Life in Movement sue swinburne
Shut Up Little Man! Rowena robertson
Scarlet Road simon wilmot
Special Feature: Giorgio Mangiamele
74 Giorgio Mangiamele: Visionary of the
<strong>Australian</strong> Screen Gino moliterno
80 From Catania to Carlton: Italian <strong>Australian</strong>
Migration <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Cinema</strong>
of Giorgio Mangiamele gaetano r<strong>and</strong>o
83 A Passion Restored: An Interview with
Rosemary Mangiamele josephine giles
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Critical Views
86 Fair Games <strong>and</strong> Wasted Youth:
Twenty-five Years of <strong>Australian</strong> Rape-Revenge
Film (1986–2011) Alex<strong>and</strong>ra heller-nicholas
90 The Discreet Charm of David Thomson peter galvin
94 Scribes on Screen: Jill Forbes Richard armstrong
Industry Perspectives
98 Going Through the Neighbourhood with
Your Eyes Open: An Interview with John Sayles
nicholas godfrey
104 What Lies Beneath: An Interview with
Andrew Traucki thomas caldwell
108 Missing in Action: Where Are the Asian Films
on <strong>Australian</strong> Screens? briony kidd
114 The Outlook for Digital: DigiSPAA <strong>and</strong> the
Promotion of Independent Filmmaking michael clarkin
116 The Perfect Mix: Harnessing the Power of
Creative Sound david raines
Film <strong>and</strong> Media Studies in Australia
118 Through the Lens: Interviews from the
<strong>Australian</strong> Film Theory <strong>and</strong> Criticism Project –
Edward Buscombe noel king
TV <strong>and</strong> Media
122 No Shame, No Pity: The Bolt Report dave hoskin
125 Still Angry? The Elusive Characters of Chris Lilley
ed yates
Regular Features
128 TV Eye
132 Technical Section
134 Shortcuts

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